In April 1678, after struggling on the shrine for more than three years, the orc Khan could no longer resist the call of death, and the young Aka Blood Axe took over the supreme artifact passed down from generation to generation by the orc clan: the Blue Dragon Horn - the only giant horn in the world that can command the blue dragon up to three meters high, and a new generation of orc khans was finally born

In August 1678 of the Age of Light, the Republic of Moon Rain had basically repaired the Elven Forest that had been severely destroyed in the war with orcs and vampires three years ago. The elvenger revenge army includes 1,400 elven archers and magic archers, 200 elven mages, 450 pegasus cavalry, more than 80 unicorn cavalry, more than 80 treemen, and 5,000 human druids, in addition to the remnants of the two legions of Stardawn and Burning Heart left by the former Mardan dynasty of the Pole Kingdom, more than 1,800 people, this army is quite powerful, which will be a severe test for the new orc khan

The elves will not attack each other directly through the Blood Mountains like the orcs do, they will attack the shamania from both land and sea, the elves will mobilize more than 70 warships and transports to land on the eastern coast of shamannia, and on land, the elves will decide to attack the orcs through the southeastern territory of the kingdom of Pole

He was very conflicted about whether to use the territory of the Bole Kingdom to attack the orc king Duris I by borrowing the way to the forest elves

The domestic situation and economic production of Bole have just been restored, and what the kingdom needs most is a stable surrounding environment, and if Mao Ran refuses, it may offend the forest elves and put pressure on the eastern border;

The land in the southeastern part of the kingdom was barren and unsuitable for food production, and there was no important strategic point

The three orcs often plunder the southern border of the kingdom, and the king of Duris also wants to use the hand of the elves to strike at the orcs, so that they do not have enough strength to plunder again for a long time in the future

Sidures hopes that the forest elves can be weakened in this war, and as a king, no one wants to be surrounded by strong neighbors

From these four points, it is beneficial to agree to borrow the way, but on the other hand, Duris is also worried about the problems that may arise after the borrowing, the main thing is the remnants of the Dawn of the Stars and the Burning Heart, if these remnants of the former dynasty use the name of borrowing the way to infiltrate the southeastern region of the kingdom in large numbers, and then use it as a base to carry out the underground restoration movement, it will be a huge hidden danger for the current situation that has been finally stabilized and the new regime that has not yet been very strong

Later, Duris sent a representative to the forest to negotiate with the elven archon Ayig Morrowind, and finally reached an agreement that the kingdom of Pole could lend the Moonrain army to Guò, but only if the two remnants of the former Matain Dynasty could not pass through these lands, they would attack by sea instead

This decision made the soldiers of the two legions very unhappy, but now what can they do under the fence

The sea laps against the cliffs, and the sound of waves comes from the sound of seagulls flying in the sky

Owen sat on the top of the cliff, enjoying the sea breeze, he played with a white spar, Regunor told him that this was the inheritance that Putnin left him, and that Regunor must take good care of it, and said that Paternin's legacy to Owen also included a set of paladin armor and a knight's sword, but he didn't know where the equipment was, and Owen had to find clues to find this equipment by himself in the future, as a test for him

Two years ago, Elena dressed as a maid brought Owen to Key Island to officially begin his paladin training

Paladins are the strongest knights who also practice light magic while practicing knightly combat skills, corresponding to the strongest knights who also practice the art of commanding, and the Paladins are Prayer Knights, Blessing Knights, and Church Knights, and the following are Knights of the Guard, Knights of Monarchy, and Knights of the Legion

There are two ways for the Central Church to train Paladins, Prayer Knights, Blessed Knights, and Church Knights: one is to become a monk halfway, that is, to directly select knights who are loyal to the Church and willing to fight for the Church from among the knights who have reached the strength of champion knights in each team, let them leave the army of their original country and join the Templar Order to teach them light magic, become Church Knights, and then promote them step by step; The other is to concentrate a group of noble children from an early age, train them knightly combat skills and teach some simple light magic from an early age, and in the days to come, they have been developing in the direction of paladins, among the holy knights of the Holy Light Sect in the past, 70% of the paladins have been trained since childhood, and only 30% are halfway monks.

The reason why the key island is named is not only the long and narrow form of the island in the east-west direction, it is very much like a key, and its geographical location is more like a key, because this island is located in the middle of an extremely wide strait at the southernmost end of the Brilliant Continent and the Morun Continent, which is the largest import and export between the Olopa Sea and the outer ocean, although the Ice Strait and the Moxing Strait also connect the Olopa Sea with the outer ocean, but the channel is too narrow, and the southern estuary is much wider, and the key island is just in the center of the estuary, more like a huge key to the ocean in and out of the Olopa Sea

The inhabitants of the mainland have had wars with the Poseidon Clan many times, almost every Poseidon War, the Key Island is a must for both sides, after the Poseidon War ended, the various ethnic coalition forces on the mainland have sent troops to garrison on the Key Island to prevent the forces of the Poseidon Clan from entering the Olopa Sea, however, as the war goes away, the coalition army has disbanded, and the armies of various ethnic groups have also withdrawn from the Key Island, and finally there is only the army of the Holy Light Cult left on the island, and later the Central Holy See directly included this island into the sphere of influence of the Pope's Dominion, and used it as a training base for paladins

The population of the island now stands at more than 6,000 people, including more than 1,000 children who participate in paladin training like Owen, more than 100 instructors and assistants, and more than 1,200 soldiers and clergy of the Templar Order stationed to guard the island, all of whom are local villagers, fishermen, and merchants

These more than 1,000 children have to go through rigorous training and testing, most of them will be eliminated, and less than a quarter of the people who can become church knights may be able to become paladins, and the only ones who can become paladins in the end are a few people, for the vast majority of children, being able to become a prayer knight or a blessed knight is already the ultimate goal and the supreme glory, after all, the competition is too great, and there are few children who are determined to become paladins like Owen, and they can't find a few on the island

It turns out that you are really here, and the person who came was a boy who was also wearing a cadet uniform

Is there something wrong with Julian, Owen smiled at the kid

The investiture ceremony is about to begin, why don't you go back and prepare, the boy named Julian asked

What's the hurry, there is still more than an hour, Owen put the white spar in his hand back in his pocket, and then put his hands on the back of his head, lying comfortably on a big rock, you see how comfortable the sea breeze is, how beautiful the sea is, why don't you take this opportunity to enjoy it

I'm really convinced, you don't get tired of looking at this sea every day, saying that, Julian came to Owen's side, crossed Erlang's legs and lay down

Julian, you must know that it is not inevitable that you can get a lot of things now, Owen said to Julian with deep meaning, that is, people have a kind of inferiority, that is, things that are too easy to get will not be cherished, just like you forget to appreciate the beauty of the sea after you are used to seeing the sea, you must know that in many poor children living in the interior, they may not have the opportunity to come to the beach in their lives, and it is already the most luxurious enjoyment to be able to appreciate the sea once, and people should cherish what they already have, otherwise they will find out that they have lost it when they lose it, and then they will know that they should cherish it, and they will regret it

For some reason, Julian Nunu said disdainfully for a while, he turned his head to Owen Owen, I found that you really have a lot of secrets, your ideas and ways of doing things are very different from other people, it is like some of the things you usually say are not at all like what people of our age should say, besides, the obsession that you have to become a paladin is terrible, it is completely different from others, and why do you wear half a girl's handkerchief around your wrist all day long, it feels weird

Is this Owen to raise his hand, it was my agreement with someone

Someone agreed, haha, is it a fiancée, Julian laughed, speaking of his fiancée, there seems to be one in my family, I remember that three years ago, I was only 9 years old, my father used the fiefdom of the two cities as a gift to the Grand Duke of Roman, and wanted to marry me and his little daughter, but this arrogant old man actually said that he didn't want his daughter to marry a gentleman who was inactive, and he said that unless I could become a knight of royal power or a knight of blessing, he would marry his daughter to me, cut the old guy so little to look at me, what to bless the knight, I am not rare, I must mix a paladin and go back, so that he completely regretted not letting his daughter marry me in the first place

Listening to Julian say this, I understand how much he came here to participate in paladin training, Owen asked: Actually, you can train as a royal knight in the army of the Rocard Empire, so it is the same as a paladin, why do you have to come so far away to receive paladin training

Alas...... Owen, you also know, although my father is the prime minister of the empire and has a high official position, our family has been a civilian official for several generations, which is also the reason why the Roman Grand Duke from the knight family looks down on me, I am the only son in the family, if I want to join the army in my country, my father and mother must be trying to obstruct it, so I asked the church of the archdiocese of the Rocal empire to train as a paladin without telling them, and the church passed my assessment, and then my parents knew that because it was the church that came forward directly, they had no reason to refuse......

Julian gushed that he was Owen's only good friend on Key Island, and Julian was also one of the very few children who aspired to become a paladin in addition to Owen, the child's full name is Julian Rousseau, who is 12 years old this year, a year older than Owen, and no one knows why these two children became good friends, because the difference between the two is quite big in terms of family background and qualifications, and the potential of Julian's Rousseau family is in the power of the Rocard Empire, while Owen's Samorin family is just a dilapidated nobleman who lives in a small city-state and no one knows about it, and Julian has shown his excellent qualifications and potential for knight training after coming to Key IslandHowever, Owen is like a fool in this regard, he is not a knight at all, he has no potential at all, and he may not learn the fighting skills that others learn quickly, and he may not learn the combat skills that others learn ten times, and the instructor in charge of training Owen bluntly said that he had been an instructor for so many years, and he had never seen a student with such dull qualifications, so he quickly gave him up

However, Owen did not give up on himself, he knew that diligence could make up for his clumsiness, he spent more time training than others, and was harder and more serious than others, everyone fell asleep at night, Owen practiced his sword on the cliff alone; in the early morning, Owen always got up two hours earlier than others, ran 20 kilometers to exercise endurance, and during the holidays, other children went to the town to play, and he insisted on exercising alone; the instructor said that his hand was not tight, so he tied a sandbag to the sword to strengthen the strength of his arms; when practicing difficult movements, he often fell down due to lack of balance, and he turned hundreds of times a day...... Owen continued to train himself day after day, and the other children at first looked at the jokes like fools, but after more than a year, the hard work finally paid off, and Owen defeated more than 70 people in a row in the sword competition with the other children in his class, and finally won the second place in the sword competition in the class (the first place was Julian), and in the stunned eyes of the other children, Owen won back the instructor's attention

Even the instructor himself said that after being an instructor for many years, it was the first time to meet a student with such a dull qualification, and it was the first time to meet a student with such a strong perseverance, and finally strong perseverance overcame the natural lack of qualifications

Recently, Owen and his friend Julian have become two dazzling new stars among children of the same age, and in the apprenticeship examination a week ago, Owen and Julian passed the examination together, as the youngest two candidates in the same period

There were two eleven or twelve-year-old children who passed the examination of the probationary knight - this news spread throughout the training camp, and even the whole people on Key Island were discussing this matter, and even the pope who was far away on the island of the Holy Pope paid great attention to it after hearing about it, so this time the ceremony of awarding the rank of probationary knight was different from the previous ones, and it will be presided over by a paladin sent by the Holy Pope Island himself

Owen and Julian stood in neat dresses in a crowd of awardees who were much taller than them, nervously waiting for the paladin to appear, their hearts were very excited, and it would be a great honor for the paladin to confer the title himself

After a long time, the Paladin finally appeared, and he appeared confidently in the eyes of a group of would-be apprentices who were dressed in glittering silver-white Mithril armor, draped in red cloaks, and hung his weapon - a two-handed greatsword - behind his back

Owen didn't know when we would be so imposing, Julian asked Owen next to him softly, but he didn't get an answer, Julian turned his head and was surprised to find that Owen actually showed an expression of anger and hatred

It's him, that's right, it's him, I will absolutely, never forget that face, if it wasn't for him piercing my heart that day, Uncle Merkone wouldn't have died to save me, I want revenge, I want to take revenge for Uncle Merkone

Owen startled everyone present with a heart-rending roar, and then he drew his ceremonial saber in full view and charged the paladin's heart

Although it came suddenly, the paladin's reaction was quite sharp, he only defused Owen's attack with a light kick, and kicked Owen more than ten meters away, and the paladin looked at it and found that the child's face was a little familiar

Who are you, why did you assassinate Lord Milorus, who sent you to follow the paladin, and the priest shouted and asked Owen, who was kicked by the paladin and vomited blood

Seeing the flames of hatred erupt from the child's eyes, he did not answer the priest's words, but got up and hurriedly ran behind him

What happened to Owen and why did it become like this, Julian was a little sorry for this sudden change, he didn't know what happened to his friend

After him, the priest shouted orders a group of soldiers to chase in the direction of Owen's escape

Owen stumbled all the way to the edge of the cliff where he usually practiced swords, and there was a sea in front of him, and he was desperate

You can't run away, go back with us, Owen turned around and saw that a group of pursuers had come behind him, and he had no chance of escaping at all

Suddenly, Owen turned to the cliff and jumped off......

(End of Part I).